A radical change in strategy by the world’s largest photo provider, Getty Images, will allow online content creators to use some of their images for free. Getty is proposing the use of embedding, similar to embedding YouTube videos, for their stock images.
Android and iOS tend to be known as the big hitters when it comes to international mobile operating system markets, but recent stats paint a different picture of the SA mobile market. Going by install base figures, BlackBerry and Symbian S60 systems hold highest market shares in SA.
“Let’s send Kobus to Mars,” is something you will never hear coming out of NASA mission controller’s mouth. The likelihood that a South African would be chosen to go to space, let alone to form a human colony on Mars is not very strong. But through private and public funding, the Mars One Expedition may do just […]
A year ago a sane person wouldn’t have trusted the directions given to you by Apple Maps, the app had a tendency of directing you across airport runways. But with that mess all sorted, Apple are focusing on the in-car interface.
Would you be willing to lick your germ ridden smartphone screen to improve your bedroom skills down below? By having you switch a light on and off, turn a crank and play with a beach ball with your tongue, the app Lick This, promises that “Practice makes pleasure.”
Who actually uses Google’s Street View for directions anymore? We use it for our casual Sunday stroll through Parisian cobbled streets, and sitting next to blurry faced cafe patrons enjoying a croissant and a coffee. Google has recently added more underwater Street View maps, perfect for a scuba adventure from your desktop.
The Internet is a big place, and a large number of sites have come and gone. This map of the Internet created by graphic designer Martin Vargic is insane. Representing the online world through cartography, with no detail spared, this map is worth checking out.
Want to spend more time hanging with your bros instead of dealing with the admin that goes with a relationship? This is 2014 , why not outsource texting your girlfriend to an app? BroApp sends texts automatically to your girlfriend to make her think you’re thinking of her.
Meagan Simmons, known on the Internet as the “Attractive Convict,” gained notoriety for her 2010 DUI mug shot, last year. Her mug shot was used in memes that made rounds across the web last year, and she’s making the news again, this time for suing InstantCheckmate.com.
Finally the kryptonite of the smartphone is being tackled. Yes, dihydrogen monoxide will no longer be the bane of smartphones around the world. With this nanocoating, evil water molecules don’t stand a chance.
What do all Star Wars geeks crave? Their very own Princess Leia hologram. This Polish company has already created a fully functioning hologram projector aptly named the Leia Display System, and they are busy developing a holographic smartphone.
Billionaire fashion designer, Peter Nygard is spending a pretty penny on stem cell therapy in the Bahamas in a bid to reverse the process of ageing – and the 70-year-old is claiming that it works following an as yet unpublished study by the University of Miami.
Creating a successful app is similar to climbing Mount Everest. According to statistics you have a 22% chance of maintaining your app users’ engagement. The odds of summiting the tallest mountain on earth are 29%. Here are a couple of essential tips to help you improve your chances.
Companies like Google and Tesla may be developing driverless cars, but Rolls-Royce is upping the ante by developing drone cargo ships.
Dial nine for self-destruct. Espionage gets its very own smartphone. Going solely by the handle ‘Black’, this smartphone from Boeing has the ability to self-destruct when tampered with. Perfect for the aspiring James Bonds out there.
If you, like me, have found yourself lost in the Urals with nothing but the salvaged wing of a light aircraft for shelter, you’ll have wished for a satellite phone. Unfortunately, satellite phones are notoriously expensive, and confusing to operate. We’d like to introduce you to the Thuraya satellite sleeve. It’s your iPhone, but with satellite phone reception.
Samsung’s new Gear Fit wristband is the latest pawn on the battle front between the two tech giants, Apple and Samsung. The compact, curved screen smart wristband from Samsung becomes the company’s third wearable device following the launch of the Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo.
Remember that scene from ‘The Dark Knight’ where Bruce Wayne mapped a building using a smartphone? Well that shit just became a reality.
If english isn’t your home language in South Africa, there is a very high chance that you speak more than one language. And if you do, take this moment to bask in the glory that is your superior brain.
By now you would have been bust with a dubious images in your phone’s camera roll. Usually these dubious images come from friends who sent them to you in Whatsapp. This is how you ensure they stay in Whatsapp..
Mellowcabs may be the solution to the traffic clogged city hubs of South Africa. SA entrepreneur, Neil du Preez and his electricity-assisted human-powered microcab has won the regional award in a prestigious global technology competition.
Samsung are trolling Apple again. Hard. Remember the iPad pencil ad? Yep, well, so does Samsung. Here’s the ad they’re spoofing:
In the spirit of keeping up to date with the length of time we humans have before our robotic overlords take over, here’s a watch list for companies at the forefront of robotic innovation. As they say, keep your friends close and your impending robotic overlords closer.
The guys over at CableKiosk.co.za are some of our neighbours over here at the Woodstock Exchange. Naturally, we were thrilled when they told us that they are now accepting payment in Bitcoin. Asked why they made the move toward Bitcoin, the team advised that they’re simply massive fans of open source systems. Fair play. Check […]
Sitting at the tip of Africa has its drawbacks when you are desperate to watch Game of Thrones. That goes for most series. We are stuck with paying exorbitant fees for satellite TV that only has a couple of watchable channels anyway. So what else is there to do, other than pirating Game of Thrones ASAP using torrents?
Tracking the ages of people who achieve a moment of epiphany in their work, a study has found that the moments of a genius breakthrough tend to happen in your mid to late 30’s. Check it out..
‘Don’t feed the trolls’ has become a valuable lesson for anyone who has frequented an online comment section. Be it online gaming or social media, trolls plague the internet denizens on every front. But there is some comfort to be found in a recent study done by the University of Manitoba titled ‘Trolls just want to have fun.’
The dawn of Bluetooth 4.0 has heralded an explosion of consumer gadgets, including personal bluetooth trackers. They purport to save you from ever losing anything again, but are they really all that? We find out.
It was thought to be lost, buried somewhere beneath Aspen, Colorado. Back in 1983 Steve Jobs gave a talk at the Aspen International Design Conference. After the conference, those present each donated an object to be added to a time capsule. Steve Jobs’s contribution – one of the first commercially available computer mice.
Gone are the days of driving around endlessly looking for an open parking spot. This site shows, in real-time, the available parking bays in Stellenbosch and a couple of other cities and neighbourhoods in South Africa.